Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies professor Julissa Rojas-Sandoval is studying the impact of super invaders across the Americas as part of an international collaboration, leading experiments in Connecticut, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica.  This project seeks to understand why super invaders appear to “play by different rules” than natives in the same […]

The Graduate School has developed the Network for Enriched Mentorship (NEM) program to provide individualized mentorship for graduate students. GSCU faculty member Dr. Peter Chen is now directing the program.  The story is featured on UConn Today.   today.uconn.edu/2025/01/enriching-mentorship-to-ensure-success-in-grad-school Thanks to the GSCU graduate student Elaina Hancock for writing the story.

Congratulations to Lauren Perez Bonilla for successfully defending her dissertation, which is titled:  Estudio 809 – Male Sex Work and Social Media in the Dominican Republic.

Dear prospective applicants for graduate studies in the GSCU Department! You are invited to attend the one-hour Open House for Prospective Graduate Students to be held remotely by WebEx on Friday, November 22, 2024, at noon EST.  We encourage you to attend if you are considering applying for a MA or PhD in our department […]

UConn and Fort Hays State University Compete in Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge Two teams of students, one from UConn and one from Fort Hays State University, pitched their sustainability-focused start-up business plans to address food waste in the second Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge held on Nov. 2 at UConn. The full article can […]

Congratulations to the UConn GeoBowl Team! Hunter Jacobson, Jack Dennison, and James Hunter (pictured here with GeoBowl advisor Dr. Nat Trumbull) emerged as champions at the 2024 NESTVAL meeting.  The regional AAG meeting took place October 25 & 26 at Westfield State University.

Recent graduate Quinn Molloy (PhD, 2024) and her research are the focus of a recent article in the UConn Today. The story can be found here on the UConn Today site:  today.uconn.edu/2024/08/alumna-blends-geography-and-engineering-to-explore-transportation-inequity-in-the-us

Congratulations to PhD candidate Sydney Clement for receiving a national fellowship from the Switzer Foundation for environmental activism. Sydney is one of twenty environmental leaders chosen as 2024 recipients of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation that awards graduate students a cash award and leadership training to support […]

Congratulations to Aaron Adams for successfully defending his dissertation, which is titled:  Spatial Perspectives on COVID-19: Lessons for Future Pandemic Preparedness.